Second Call for Papers: MICCAI 98 First International Conference on Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Interventions Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Boston MA, USA Tutorials, Saturday, October 10, 1998 Conference, Sunday, October 11 to Tuesday, October 13, 1998 Jointly sponsored by Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Harvard Medical School General Co-Chairs: Takeyoshi Dohi Tokyo W. Eric L. Grimson MIT Ron Kikinis Harvard Medical School Program Co-Chairs: Alan Colchester University of Kent & Guy's Hospital Scott Delp Northwestern University William Wells Harvard Medical School Executive Committee: Nicholas Ayache INRIA Anthony DiGioia Shadyside James Duncan Yale University Karl-Heinz Hoehne University of Hamburg Stephane Lavallee IMAG Stephen Pizer University of North Carolina Richard Robb Mayo Clinic Russell Taylor Johns Hopkins University Program Committee: David Altobelli James Anderson Takehide Asano Nicholas Ayache Ruzena Bajcsy William Bargar Andre Bauer Dominique Blin Isabelle Bloch Michel Bolla Fred Bookstein Michael Brady Peter Brett Richard Bucholz Grigore Burdea Edmund Chao Steven Charles Phillipe Cinquin J.-L. Coatrieux Alan Colchester Court Cutting Jacques Darcourt Paolo Dario Brian Davies Scott Delp Anthony Di Gioia Takeyoshi Dohi James Drake James Duncan Alan C. Evans Norberto Ezquerra Elliot Fishman M. Fitzpatrick Thomas Fortin Henry Fuchs Toshi Fukuda Guido Gerig Sarah Gibson Michael Goris Frank Gosse Erik Granum Blake Hannaford David Hawkes William Heinrichs Derek Hill Karl-Heinz Hoehne Robert Howe Thomas Huang Koji Ikuta Hiroshi Iseki Branislav Jaramaz Chris Johnson Leo Joskowicz Takeo Kanade Arie Kaufman Louis Kavoussi Peter Kazanzides Ron Kikinis Yong Min Kim Andres Kriete Heinz Lemke Stephane Lavallee Bill Lorensen Robert Maciunas Gregoire Malandain Majrilio Marcacci Jacques Marescaux Tim McInerney Dwight Meglan Philippe Merloz Dimitris Metaxas Brent Mittlestadt Ralph Moesges Heinrich Muller Alison Noble Lutz Nolte Wieslaw Nowinski Masahiro Ohgami Charles Pelizzari Michael Peshkin Jordon Phillips Stephen Pizer Rob Playter Glenn Preminger Jerry Prince Klaus Radermacher Hans Reinhardt Emile Reyt Richard Robb J.-M. Rocchisani Joseph Rosen Jonathan Sackier Ichiro Sakuma Tim Salcudean Kenneth Salisbury Richard Satava Paul Schenker Achim Schweikard Siegfried Stiehl David Stulberg Paul Suetens Naoki Suzuki Gabor Szekely Mark Talamini Chris Taylor Russ Taylor Frank Tendick Demetri Terzopoulos J.-P. Thirion A. Todd-Pokropek J.-I. Toriwaki Jocelyne Troccaz Jay Udupa Marcel Van Herk Michael Vannier Alessandro Verri Max Viergever Eiju Watanabe Lee Weiss William Wells James Zinreich Purpose: The formation of MICCAI acknowledges the overlap and synergy of the three vigorous strands of research in medically-oriented visualization, image understanding, and robotics that is represented by the independently successful VBC, MRCAS and CVRMED meetings. The goal of the organizing committee is to maintain the momentum of the previous meetings and launch an annual meeting conforming to the highest possible standard that will bring together scientists from the fields of medicine and engineering. The meeting will be organized in a single track, without parallel sessions. The focus is on the introduction and validation of new image computing and image-guided interventional methodology into clinical practice. The emphasis will be on high quality work, whether methodological or clinical evaluation. The conference will continue to stress a central theme of its predecessor conferences, in which strongly coupled interactions between clinicians and scientists provide a common focus for innovative development and deployment of new methods and systems. Topics to be addressed in this conference include, but are not restricted to: Medical Image Computing: - - constructing patient-specific models - - multimodal fusion - - virtual or augmented reality visualizations - - image guided therapy - - anatomical atlases - - data registration - - tracking and localization of patients and tools - - clinical analysis, change detection, diagnosis - - quantitative analysis - - time series analysis - - finite element modeling - - integration of functional methods with morphology Computer Assisted Interventional Systems: - - medical telepresence and telesurgery - - surgical simulators - - therapy planning - - medical manipulators - - safety issues Clinical Applications of Computer Assisted Systems: - - clinical evaluation of systems - - novel applications of interventional systems in surgical specialties (e.g. Orthopedics, Neurosurgery, ENT surgery, Radiation therapy). Authors are invited to submit high-quality manuscripts for competitive review -- abstracts will not be accepted. Submission details: Authors should submit 4 copies of their manuscript to MICCAI 1998 c/o Eric Grimson MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 545 Technology Square Cambridge MA 02139 Manuscripts should be 2-8 pages in length, in two column format, with one inch (25mm) margins on the top, bottom and sides. Authors should use a 12 point Times typeface. The title page should include contact information: address, email, fax of the primary author. It should also include a short set of keywords to aid in directing the manuscript to the appropriate members of the program committee. Templates in Latex and MS Word will be avaiable from the web site (below). Key dates: Submission of manuscripts March 3, 1998 Notification of acceptance June 9, 1998 Receipt of camera ready copy July 21, 1998 Conference starts October 10, 1998 For additional information, please consult the following web page which will be updated on a regular basis: http://www.ai.mit.edu/miccai98.html Alternatively, contact: MICCAI 1998 c/o Eric Grimson MIT Artificial Intelligence Laboratory 545 Technology Square Cambridge MA 02139 Listed below are the meetings that are direct ancestors of the MICCAI meeting. VBC: Visualization in Biomedical Computing Atlanta GA USA 1990 Chapel Hill NC USA 1992 Rochester MN USA 1994 Hamburg Germany 1996 MRCAS: Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery Pittsburgh PA USA 1994 Baltimore MD USA 1995 CVRMED: Computer Vision, Virtual Reality and Robotics in Medicine Nice France 1995 CVRMED / MRCAS: Grenoble France 1997